Chaminade produced one of the biggest regular-season victories in coach Kelli DiMuro’s career Monday with an 81-71 win over Carondelet — ranked No.7 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports — in the platinum division final at the West Coast Jamboree in Antioch.

There won’t be much time for the No. 16 Eagles (14-1) to celebrate, with a showdown looming against Oaks Christian (7-5) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the San Fernando Valley Showcase at El Camino Real.

Oaks Christian defeated Chaminade 51-45 last season in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona and since the rivals are no longer in the same Southern Section playoff division, this will likely be the final career showdown for Chaminade seniors Robyn Brown, Cassie MacLeod and

The Lions also knocked off Chaminade 41-29 in July at the Summer Heat Classic in Palm Springs.

“I haven’t beaten Oaks Christian in all my four years and this is my last chance to make that come true,” Brown said. “Now we are getting our name out there, but all great teams wear a target on their back.”

Oaks Christian has played one of the area’s toughest schedules, losing to No. 6 La Jolla Country Day (6-5), No. 9 Etiwanda (12-1) and No. 14 Serra (12-2), so the undersized Lions are battle tested.

Chaminade’s lone loss is a 56-53 setback Nov. 29 to Windward (14-0) in the Palisades tournament.

Windward won the Oaks Christian Holiday Hardwood tournament Saturday by defeating previous top-ranked Bishop O’Dowd 58-43 and is expected to move up from No. 5 in the state to No. 1 or No. 2 behind Mater Dei (12-0) when new rankings are released Monday.

A new Mission for Louisville

Having already exceeded last year’s nine-win total (10-5), Louisville’s next goal is exceeding last season’s two Mission League victories.

Following Thursday night’s loss to St. Bonaventure, the Royals will need to perform well in Saturday’s league opener against visiting Notre Dame (12-4), especially with back-to-back games upcoming next week against Chaminade and Alemany.

“It’s really important for us to get off on the right foot because we need that confidence going forward,” said Nicholle Aston, who led Louisville to a fifth-place finish at the recent Cantwell Sacred Heart tournament, the only loss coming against Long Beach Millikan (15-1).

“We’re really excited to play Notre Dame. We’ve been anticipating this for a while. This is a redemption game for us.”

Aston, an all-tournament honoree at Cantwell Sacred Heart after producing 127 points, 82 rebounds, 17 blocks, 13 steals and 12 assists in five games, will go head to head with Notre Dame’s Katherine Wright, an all-tournament pick in the West Coast Holiday Festival Gold Division. Wright had a combined 101 points, 46 rebounds, 25 blocks and 20 steals in five games for the third-place Knights.

“I’ve known Katherine since I was 7 and I don’t think it’s going to be an individual matchup as much as it’s going to be about what everyone else on our teams can do,” Aston said. “She certainly has her strengths and weaknesses, and so do I. Her pull-up jumper is outstanding and I like to body up more, so it’s going to be interesting to see what happens.”

Notre Dame and Louisville split last season’s meetings, with the Royals rebounding from a 33-32 loss to prevail 43-40 in their final regular-season home game.

Rivals eye Pacific League glory

Burroughs (11-2) has won seven in a row, including the West Coast Holiday Festival Gold Division title Monday, and Burbank (4-9) has recovered from winning one of its first seven games to place fourth in the 32-team draw.

Now, the intracity rivals will battle Arcadia, Muir and Pasadena for the Pacific League championship, with the 14-game schedule beginning today.

Burbank, which finished second last year and reached the Southern Section Div. I-A semifinals, plays host to Arcadia. Burroughs, which tied for fourth last season, opens at Glendale.

“We played really well (in the tournament) and hopefully our level of play is only going to continue to elevate,” Burroughs senior Aysia Shellmire said. “I think if we continue to improve, we can do really well in league.”

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